1789 in Belgium

Events in the year 1789 in the Austrian Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).

1789
in
Belgium

Decades:
  • 1760s
  • 1780s
  • 1790s
  • 1800s
See also:Other events of 1789
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Habsburg Netherlands

MonarchJoseph II
Governor GeneralMaria Christina of Austria-Lorraine with Albert Casimir of Saxony
Minister PlenipotentiaryFerdinand von Trauttmansdorff

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Prince-BishopCésar-Constantin-François de Hoensbroeck

Events

April
  • 29 April – Joseph II's government in Brussels issues a decree establishing rural representation in the Third Estate of the States of Brabant and abolishing their right to veto taxes.[1]
May
June
August
September
  • 16 September – Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de Franchimont: Declaration of Rights proclaimed at Franchimont Castle.
October
November
  • Prussian forces sent to quell Liège revolution occupy the city of Liège.
December

Publications and performances

  • André Grétry
    • 2 March – Raoul Barbe-bleue (opera), Paris, Comédie-Italienne
    • 17 March – Aspasie (opera), Paris, Opéra

Births

May
April
October

References

  1. D. De Stobbeleir, "Verzet tegen de hervormingen van Jozef II en de staatsgreep van 18 juni 1789", tr. M. Erkens, in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis, vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 262-267.
  2. Bruno Demoulin, Recueil des instructions aux ambassadeurs et ministres de France (Principauté de Liège 31; 1998), p. xxxviii.
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